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Open AccessDoes presbygeusia really exist? An updated narrative review
This review critically assessed the existence of presbygeusia, i.e., the impairment in taste perception occurring in the elderly, as a natural part of the aging process and its potential clinical implications....
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Open AccessAtrial fibrillation: a geriatric perspective on the 2020 ESC guidelines
To provide a geriatric perspective on the 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio–Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
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Open AccessPrevalence of obesity and diabetes in older people with sarcopenia defined according to EWGSOP2 and FNHI criteria
Although the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity is increasing, nowadays a universally accepted definition still does not exist. Because, this clinical entity is defined as the combination of obesity and sarcopen...
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Open AccessThe Carers’ Needs Assessment for Dementia (CNA-D): a validation study in the Italian population
Dementia has devastating consequences for families with important physical, psychological, social, and financial effects. Evaluation of caregiver’s needs may be an important step to reduce the burden of family...
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Delirium symptoms duration and mortality in SARS-COV2 elderly: results of a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Since the occurrence of the SARS-COV2 pandemic, there has been an increasing interest in investigating the epidemiology of delirium. Delirium is frequent in SARS-COV2 patients and it is associated with increas...
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Telemedicine-assisted care of an older patient with COVID-19 and dementia: bridging the gap between hospital and home
Hospital at Home (HaH) has been proposed as a solution to relieve pressure on hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, caregivers' feelings of inadequacy and concerns on the need for tighter clinic...
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Comment on: “Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Drug–Drug Interactions, and Anticholinergic Burden in Elderly Hospitalized Patients: Does an Association Exist with Post-Discharge Health Outcomes?”
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Orthostatic hypotension among elderly patients in Italian internal medicine wards: an observational study: comment
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To keep a COVID-19-free hospital ward: mission possible?
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Underuse of anticoagulant therapy in hospitalized older patients: comment on the article of Wojszel et al.
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Toward a geriatric approach to patients with advanced age and cardiovascular diseases: position statement of the EuGMS Special Interest Group on Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are highly prevalent in older adults and represent a major geriatric health-care concern. Management of CVD in older patients may be challenging due to specific geriatric issues, ...
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Association between hospitalization-related outcomes, dynapenia and body mass index: The Glisten Study
To compare the prognostic value of dynapenia, as evaluated by handgrip, and body mass index (BMI) on length of stay (LOS), days of bed rest, and other hospitalization-related outcomes in a population of older ...
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Polypharmacy and sarcopenia in hospitalized older patients: results of the GLISTEN study
Recently the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) showed that polypharmacy is associated with clinically relevant sarcopenia among community-dwelling older persons. Here we report findings from the GLISTEN study ab...
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The association of indwelling urinary catheter with delirium in hospitalized patients and nursing home residents: an explorative analysis from the “Delirium Day 2015”
Use of indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) in older adults has negative consequences, including delirium.
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Extent of, and variables associated with, blood pressure variability among older subjects
Blood pressure variability (BPV) may have prognostic implications for cardiovascular risk and cognitive decline; however, BPV has yet to be studied in old and very old people.
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Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular Risk
Osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases are two of the major public health problems: both are associated with high morbidity and mortality, increased recourse to hospital services, loss of independence, incre...
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Effects of oral anticoagulant therapy in older medical in-patients with atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort observational study
Uncertainties about efficacy and safety of oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) among older and frail medical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) largely contribute to under-prescription of these drugs.
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Dabigatran etexilate: appropriate use in patients with chronic kidney disease and in the elderly patients
Dabigatran etexilate (DE) is a direct thrombin inhibitor, which has been approved for the treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), and for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE...
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Open Access“Delirium Day”: a nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool
To date, delirium prevalence in adult acute hospital populations has been estimated generally from pooled findings of single-center studies and/or among specific patient populations. Furthermore, the number of...
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The “syncope and dementia” study: a prospective, observational, multicenter study of elderly patients with dementia and episodes of “suspected” transient loss of consciousness
Syncope and related falls are one of the main causes and the predominant cause of hospitalization in elderly patients with dementia. However, the diagnostic protocol for syncope is difficult to apply to patien...
